User blog comment:Flia/Wiki design overhaul/@comment-775152-20111006173945/@comment-1164563-20111010122839

Red on white would be too bright I think... Even if I use a darker color, there will be too much red on the page. I agree with you on (not) using purple, but then there aren't that many colors left which look good with red.

About couch pic - see up.